Cornell 5 Niagara 3 (Saturday; final)

[canuck89]

I disagree somewhat with your take on Seminoff.  I thought he is playing very well, considering he is a freshman.  However, his speed is horrible and he is beat to every puck.  This hurts us because we never get the early clear when he is on the ice.  Great shots though, and great effort from him.  Definitely happy to have him out there.  Good job freshmen!!! LGR!

[ithacat]

Related  to the game...

They did a pretty nice job rebuilding BCA. What a difference from the old War Memorial. I think they'll do fine with the Regional in 2007.

My main beef with the facility was with the scoreboards. Penalty time is not displayed on the center scoreboard, forcing one to look down to the scoreboards at either end of the rink to see how much time is left, and shots on goal aren't displayed anywhere.

Having grown up in Rochester I was shocked to see no advertising from Genny or Kodak.

It was weird seeing Niagara host the game and have so few people there. I'm guessing at least 75% of the crowd was Red, though it seemed closer to 90%.

I was surprised by the low turnout (2,324). They had more than 8,000 there the night before for an Amerks game. I thought more locals would have shown up to watch some college hockey. I still think a Cornell-RIT game there when the students are around could draw well.

The Dinosaur BBQ was very much a Cornell gathering spot before the game. Funky decor, good food, terrible seating policy. It's located across the street from a parking garage & a block away from BCA.

If Estero doesn't work out, and this year's field isn't very glamorous, it might be a nice place for a holiday tournament.

[Steve M]

[Q]calgARI '07 Wrote:

  Pokuluk has been this year's biggest disappointment along with McKee to this point.  He doesn't use his size at all and doesn't seem to want the puck even though he is very skilled.  He also never uses his suppossedly booming shot.    [/q]


Is it possible that both McKee and Sasha became complacent in the offseason, with McKee having been a Hobey hat trick finalist and Sasha drafted in the 1st round?  They are both extremely talented players.  I hope they can get their games back to where they were last year before the schedule gets tougher in January.

[Will]

[Q]ithacat Wrote:

I was surprised by the low turnout (2,324). They had more than 8,000 there the night before for an Amerks game. I thought more locals would have shown up to watch some college hockey. I still think a Cornell-RIT game there when the students are around could draw well.[/q]

The following are Niagara's attendance numbers for their home games thus far this season:

DATE          OPPONENT          ATTENDANCE
Fri Oct  7    Clarkson          1097
Sat Oct  8    Clarkson          1027
Sat Oct 22    Western Michigan  1185
Fri Oct 28    Vermont           1003
Sat Oct 29    Vermont           1079
Fri Nov  4    Wayne State       1169
Sat Nov  5    Wayne State        915
Sat Nov 19    RIT               1068

Keep in mind that Niagara's Dwyer Arena supposedly seats a maximum of 4,000 people.  To be fair, though, Niagara's student enrollment is something like 2600 undergrads and 800 grads.  In any case, though, it's clear that Niagara doesn't quite have the local support (at least by the numbers) that Cornell does.

Of the 2324 recorded to be in attendance of Saturday's game, let's assume rougly 75% of the crowd were Cornell fans.  (That might be a generous number, but whatever.)  That leaves maybe 600 Niagara fans in attendance.  Given their usual home attendance numbers, I would say having 60% attend a game on the 'road' is pretty good, particularly on a holiday weekend when students are probably home with their families.

My point is, 2324 wasn't really all that disappointing, though perhaps we should have had more of our people there. :-D

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]ithacat Wrote:
The Dinosaur BBQ was very much a Cornell gathering spot before the game. Funky decor, good food, terrible seating policy. It's located across the street from a parking garage & a block away from BCA.

If Estero doesn't work out, and this year's field isn't very glamorous, it might be a nice place for a holiday tournament.[/q]

I have too many bad memories of the Syracuse Invitational to be excited about the idea of another Central NY holiday tourney.  Although the highlight of those trips was eating at Dinosaur (which my party did after the game this time). :-D

[Bill 81]

TV game on CSTV

[jy3]

[Q]jtwcornell91 Wrote:

 [Q2]ithacat Wrote:
The Dinosaur BBQ was very much a Cornell gathering spot before the game. Funky decor, good food, terrible seating policy. It's located across the street from a parking garage & a block away from BCA.

If Estero doesn't work out, and this year's field isn't very glamorous, it might be a nice place for a holiday tournament.[/Q]
I have too many bad memories of the Syracuse Invitational to be excited about the idea of another Central NY holiday tourney.  Although the highlight of those trips was eating at Dinosaur (which my party did after the game this time).[/q]

those SIT games still give me nightmares...
dino was great before the game. nothin like cajun corn

[Scersk '97]

[Q]jy3 Wrote:
[Q2]jtwcornell91 Wrote:
I have too many bad memories of the Syracuse Invitational to be excited about the idea of another Central NY holiday tourney.[/Q]
those SIT games still give me nightmares...
[/q]
As they do John Gallagher...

According to the Syracuse Post-Standard account (lifted from JTW's account), the Providence goalie "literally left everything he had on the ice."